College of Arts & Sciences

Melissa Thompson, an associate professor and co-director of UNM’s Comparative Human and Primate Physiology Center, presents a lecture titled, “Lesser Apes? What can female chimpanzees tell us about human evolution.” The lecture will be presented on Jan....

Studying the fundamentals of life – What exactly is it? How did it come into being? – is a practice nearly as ancient as the existence of humankind. Last December, Vice President for Research and Professor Gabriel Lopez led a contingent of faculty and...

Receiving the Churchill Scholarship is an honor bestowed upon a very select cohort of college students from across the U.S. The University of New Mexico’s Esteban Abeyta, a senior biochemistry major and honors minor, can now count himself as one of the...

A new study indicates the prevalence rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have now grown to 1 in 40, a jump from the rate of 1 in 65 published just two years ago. Indeed, ASD is now the fastest growing neurodevelopmental disorder in the U.S.  Social...

People die. All the time. From many causes, including old age, disease, accidents, murder. But researchers can learn from these deaths. Heather Edgar, forensic anthropologist at The University of New Mexico Office of Medical Investigator (OMI) and...

Jeremy Hogeveen, an assistant professor in the Psychology Department at The University of New Mexico, has been designated a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science (APS). The annual APS Rising Star list recognizes outstanding...

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has approved a joint grant of $2 million to increase the number of students pursuing associate and bachelor’s degrees in the humanities and to support the transfer of humanities students from Central New Mexico Community...

Following a competitive search, Derek A. Hamilton has been named assistant vice president for research at The University of New Mexico effective Jan. 1, 2019. “I am very pleased that Dr. Hamilton agreed to join UNM’s research leadership team,” said...

The University of New Mexico's Office of the Vice President for Research and the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department annually compile a list of its top-10 research features during the course of the year. Below is the list of UNM's...

Annually, the University Communication and Marketing (UCAM) Department compiles a list of its top-10 general news stories during the course of the year. Below is the list of UNM's top-10 general news stories for 2018. The stories are in random...